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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent evolvements in distance learning technology enable students all around the world to take online classes. MOOCs are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that online education organizations are dealing with today because elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can participants assure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? How can we guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What strategies are being used by institutions like UCSF to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators handle poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more procurable there is a demand to perceive how massive open online courses are being conducted. Educators and numerous other participants desire to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these interesting new open educational endeavours. Academics want to comprehend how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. In response to this increasing demand for data MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education topics. This gripping new book also studies the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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